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w B. CARPENTER. Lamp Extinguisher.

. Patented Sept. 9.1856.

fiwevifiv; W ii M UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

W. B. CARPENTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

EXTINGUISHER FOR FLUID-LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,686, dated September 9, 1856.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known t-hatI, WM. B. CARPENTER, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings, State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode ofConstructing Extinguishers for Spirit or Fluid Lamps; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, like letters referring to like parts.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the tubes of spiritlamps with extinguishers that need not be removed from the said tubeswhen the lamp is lighted.

My extinguisher is divided in two halves, each half is connected to aspring, which at its lower part is connected to a ring. Said ring mayslide upward and downward upon the lamp tube; by sliding theextinguisher downward it opens, and the lamp may be lighted, by slidingit upward it closes and extinguishes the flame.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, like letters referring to like parts.

Figure 1 represents the two halves of the extinguisher marked A Adistended upon the lamp tube marked B and held securely upon the tube Bby the springs marked D, D, the lower part of the springs D, D, isconnected to the ring marked, a, which ring is free to slide upward anddownward upon the tube B. The tube B Fig. 1 is represented with a flameat its top. Now, by sliding the springs D, D, and the ring, 0, may becut out in a press in one piece of metal; the

part marked A A is then to be pressed to its proper shape, the spring D,D, is then to be suitably bent at or near the ring, 0, until it assumesthe shape, and functions, as shown in either Figs. 1 or 2.

The advantages of this kind of extinguisher are 1st its proper place isalways on the lamp tube. 2d it dispenses with the chain with which,usually, the common extinguishers are connected to the lamp. 3d when alamp with the common extinguisher is carried in the hand the jingling ofthe chain is often annoying; this is avoided in my invention.

\Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The divided cap or extinguisher A A in combination with the springs D,D, and the ring, a, the whole for the purpose, and operating,substantially as herein described.

WM. B. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

L. B. HAUxHURs'r, GEORGE W. GERAN.

